The salinity gradient of estuaries plays a unique and fundamental role in structuring spatial
patterns of physical properties, biota, and biogeochemical processes. We use variability …

Abstract Changes in water temperatures caused by climate change in California's
Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta will affect the ecosystem through physiological rates of …

Water temperature is an important factor determining estuarine species habitat conditions.
Water temperature is mainly governed by advection (eg, from rivers) and atmospheric …

Upwellling and downwelling events are important coastal processes that strongly influence
shelf ecosystem dynamics. Though changes on the shelf have been well studied, the impact …

Temperature data collected in the shallow, tidally isolated reef flat/lagoon of Lady Elliot
Island off Queensland, Australia, show marked variability under solar and tidal forcing. Sea …

We developed a mechanistic life-cycle model derived from the elicitation of multiple factors
influencing the success of individual life-stages of the imperiled delta smelt (Hypomesus …

Climate change may cause organisms to seek thermal refuge from rising temperatures,
either by shifting their ranges or seeking microrefugia within their existing ranges. We …

Cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms (CHABs) are a growing water quality problem in the
upper San Francisco Estuary (California), also known as the Sacramento-San Joaquin …

A three-dimensional numerical modeling system for the San Francisco Bay is presented.
The system is based on an unstructured grid numerical model known as Semi-implicit Cross …

For large, regulated rivers, operators can impact abiotic conditions for the benefit of the
ecosystem, primarily by controlling the volume of discharge from upstream reservoirs …